Everett “Vic” Firth, who grew up in Sanford and became known as a pioneer in the music industry for developing high-quality drumsticks and mallets, has died. He was 85.

Vic Firth Company in 2010. "Never one to accept the status quo, Vic blazed trails throughout the drum world." Vic leaves behind his immediate family, his extended family of musicians around the globe, ...

In the case of Everett “Vic” Firth, the iconic timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002, that pulse was artful, well- integrated, and renowned on both sides of the footlights.

US drum stick manufacturer Vic Firth has been concerned about the environment before it was fashionable to do so. In 2008 the company received the Maine Wood Product Association´s Pine Tree Award ...

Everett "Vic" Firth, founder of leading drumstick manufacturing company Vic Firth Company, died on July 27 according to a statement on the company's Facebook page. He was 85.

Everett “Vic” Firth, a longtime timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who became renowned among drummers of all stripes as a manufacturer of drumsticks, died July 26 at his home in Boston.

Vic Firth, percussionist and founder of the Vic Firth Company, has passed away at the age of 85. His company is well known in the music industry for making drumsticks and percussion mallets that ...

Everett J. “Vic” Firth of Dover and Boston, former principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died July 26 at home. He was 85. Mr. Firth was born in Winchester and raised in Maine.

Vic Firth Co., a manufacturer of music drumsticks, mallets and percussion accessories that has been operating at 77 High St. in Newport since 1963, has relocated to 34 Progress Park in Newport ...

Drumstick maker Everett 'Vic' Firth died in July 2015. ... He eventually started playing percussion instruments, and joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra when he was 21 years old.

In 2002, the Globe described Vic Firth Inc. as “the leading percussion-equipment company in the world.” At that time, it was producing 100,000 pairs of drumsticks each week out of a factory ...